392 MISSOURI STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



THE JEWELL STRAWBERRY. 



When so high an authoritative body as the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society gives its approval to a new fruit it may be safe for the 

 agricultural press to recommend the same for the latitude to which it 

 is adapted. This was done by that society in the case of the Jewell 

 strawberry. At its June exhibition of this year it awarded this straw- 

 berry a silver medal " on its great merits as a new seedling." It is a 

 pistillate variety, the parentage of which was either Jersey Queen or 

 Prince of Berries, ripening in mid season, of lar-^e size, bright red and 

 very prolific. It originated and is being introduced by P. M. Augur & 

 Sons, Middlefield, Conn. 



MOLES. 



The American Garden says : Moles are by common consent 

 considered a nuisance and a pest in the strawberry field, and va- 

 rious devices are constructed for their destruction. Yet, although 

 moles destroy a few plants by undermining their roots, it is more than 

 probable that they are but blessings in disguise and that we would lose 

 more plants from the ravages of the white grubs than from the under- 

 ground work of the moles, if we should succeed in killing the latter. 

 That moles do not eat strawberry plants, but eat grubs, admits of no 

 doubt; audit is also observed that moles are found mostly in places 

 where grubs are most numerous. We have frequently followed the 

 mole tracks under rows of dead plants, and have always found on 

 their roots the peculiar marks of the gnawing of the grubs, proving 

 that the latter were already engaged in their destructive work, and 

 were only arrested in their mischievous progress by the timely arrival 

 of the mole, who, after having found his prey, would not follow the 

 same row on a fool's errand, but would make a short cut to the next 

 row, where his keen scent indicated another choice morsel. 



ORIGIN OF THE LUCRETIA DEWBERRY. 



We have counted 103 berries on a single stem but 28 inches long. 

 Many prominent horticulturists pronounce it a great acquisition, when 

 genuine, many spurious plants being ofl'ered and sold for the Lucre- 

 tia. 



Its history is as follows : A soldier stationed near Beverly, West 

 Virginia, found it in the woods, a chance, natural seedling. After the 

 war he returned to the scene of his military exploits, married one of 



